[rhn-users] xen guest software channel entitlement allocation

[Peter C. Lai]

On 2008-11-10 09:58:10AM -0600, Kulish, Chris wrote:
> Ensure you have installed, and are running, OSAD and
> rhn-virtualization-host on the Dom0.
> Then do an rhn_check and rhn-sync-profile.
> 
> After this, register DomU's as normal and they should come up on RHN as
> virtualized.

Actually, that didn't work. After digging around, I figured out that I 
hadn't added the separate Virtualization System entitlement to my dom0's
system profile (different from the actual virtualization software
channel).

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Peter C. Lai
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 9:51 AM
> To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> Subject: [rhn-users] xen guest software channel entitlement allocation
> 
> Hi folks -
> 
> After provisioning a few xen guests, I've suddenly run out of software
> channel entitlements. Looking at RHN it looks like each xen guest is
> using a "real" software channel entitlement whenever I register them
> using rhnregister_ks. I was under the impression that a dom0 with the
> virtualization entitlement could host up to 4 guests without using
> additional entitlements. I've reset (deleted and killed
> /etc/sysconfig/rhn/system_id) on both the dom0 and the guest and after I
> register the dom0, when I try to register the guest it keeps trying to
> take up a software channel entitlement that it shouldn't be asking for. 
> The guest has rhn-virtualization-common-1.0.1-53 installed and the host
> has both that and rhn-virtualization-host-1.0.1-53 installed.
> 
> How do I fix this?
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Peter C. Lai                 | Bard College at Simon's Rock
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Information Technology Svcs. | Gt. Barrington, MA 01230 USA
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